Cotton-seed planter.



O. W. LOE & T. L. MITCHELL.

COTTON SEED PLANTER. APPLICATION FILED 00T.19, 1 912.

1,05%47, Patented Apr.1,1913.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIoE. I

. CHARLES W. LOE AND THOMAS L. MITCHELL, OF GOREE, TEXAS.

COTTON-SEED PLANTER. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES W. Lon and THOMAS L. MITCHELL, citizens of the United States, residing at Goree, in the county of Knox and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Cotton-Seed Planter; and we do hereby declare the following to, be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates generally to the art of seeders and planters, and particularly to a new and useful edge drop feeder or'seeder, adapted particularly for dropping or planting cotton seed in hills, at any distance apart, as may be desired, thereby saving considerable seed, as well as saving substantially one-half the labor of thinning the cotton after it has reached a proper growth.

Another object of the invention is the provision of agitator arms carried by the disk, for wiping the inner circumference of the seed receptacle, so as to thoroughly undermine and agitate the seed in the receptacle.

There are disclosed in the drawing certain features of construction, but in practical fields these features may necessitate alterations, to which the patentecs are entitled, provided the alterations are comprehended within the scope of what is claimed.

. The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a sectional view through a portion of the seed box, showing the improved edge drop feeder or ,seed planting mechanism as applied. Fig. 2

is a horizontal sectional view through the seed box, showing parts broken away and prarts in elevation. Fig. 3 is an enlarged agmentary detail sectional view of the seed box, showing the toothed member 8 and the. fingers 6. Fig. 4: is an enlarged fragmentary detail sectional view of the disk 1, showing one of the groups of fingers 6, the number. of which may be increased or decreased, or interchanged or replaced. 1 Referring moreparticularly to-the drawings 1 designates a disk, which is mounted on and operated by the shaft 2, which in turn is operated by anysuitable means, such as that indicated at 4. At this pint of the specification it is well to ment1on that the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1913.

Application filed October 19, 1912. Serial No. 726,751.

member 8, which knocks the seed from the seed receptacle 9. These series or groups of pins or fingers are designed particularly for the purpose of dropping or planting cotton seed or other seed 1n hllls, at various distances apart, thereby saving considerable seed, heretofore unnecessarily used, as Well as saving approximately one-half of the labor in planting. The toothed member 8 is intermittently rotated, and if the pins are increased in rrtmber, the toothed member 8 will be further rotated, thereby increasing the feeding of the seed, but if the pins are decreased in number, the amount of seed fed is decreased. The toothed member is held in place on the shaft 10, by the spring 11 and collar 12, which is held in adjusted positions by the thumb screw 13;

The disk 1 is provided with a pair of agitator arms 14, which are 'U-shaped in cross section,'the yieldable free portions 15 of which are adapted to wipe against the inner circumference of the seed receptacle, so as to thoroughly agitate and undermine the seeds. Each a 'tator is secured tothe disk by passing its Eiwer portion 16 throu h the aperture 17, and re-insert the same in t e recess 18 of the under-side of the disk, so as to prevent displacement of the agitator arms.

From the foregoing it will be noted that there has been rovided a simple, efiicient and desirable e ge drop feeder, for cotton seed planters, comprising-a disk having replaceable fingers arranged in series, whereby the feeding of the seeds may be increased or decreased, and one which has been found practical in its adaptation, to planters.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is In combination with a seed receptacle having an edge drop feed mechanism including a disk member, of a pairof agitator arms secured to the disk, said arms being U- names to this specification in the presence of shaped in ccntmlr and having yieldable free two subscribing Witnesses.

portions adapted to wipe against the inner CHARLES W. LOE.' circumference of the seed receptacle, for TOM L. MITCHELL.

5 thorou hly agitating and under-mining the Witnesses:

seeds s8 as to prevent clogging; T. B. PIIILLIKER,

In testimony whereof we have signed our V T. C. GRIFFIN. 

